Roles and Responsibilites

The primary responsibility of the Shift Manager is telephone and internet-based support for internal and external clients on technology and business issues.

The Shift Manager manages the floor operations of the call center customer support teams.
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Organizational Role

The Shift Manager typically serves as member of management and is considered a senior level consulting within the organization. As such, the Shift Manager provides functional, technical or process leadership. The organization will depend on this person's management of multiple teams. The Shift Manager generally is responsible for high complexity and ambiguity. As such, the Shift Manager provides tactical responsibilities. .. purchase to view all

Shift Manager Job Responsibilities

The Shift Manager generally has the following
responsibilities:

Evaluating statistical information and reports; analyzing deficiencies for the area and individual teams.

Conducting staff meetings and completing all required administrative tasks and reports on a timely basis.

Maintaining activity log and providing adequate documentation and communication for next shift.

Troubleshooting and documenting system problems effectively and efficiently.
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Shift Manager Competencies

The complete Shift Manager Manager's Guide
includes the 27
key competencies expected of Shift Manager. The report defines each Competency
in detail. The report also explains what level of proficiency Shift Manager
should have in that Competency, as well as how important that Competency is to performing
the role well.

Customer Interaction

You may observe several behaviors in a person that could be strong indicators of his or her capabilities in the Customer Interaction competency. The Shift Manager is expected to demonstrate Extensive experience in the Customer Interaction competency. To demonstrate Extensive experience in the Customer Interaction competency, one should demonstrate knowledge of the principles and techniques of communicating with a customer This person should have the ability to utilize practices, tools, and techniques for customer interaction.

Provides customer support on difficult problems.

Implements tactics to de-escalate problem situations immediately.

Teaches techniques for transitioning from problem solving to sales opportunities.

Analyzes the characteristics of threats and selects the proper plan of action for handling them.